Antique Victorian Marble Roman Ruins Grand Tour Statue Sculpture Columns Pillars

We are delighted to offer this exquisite antique circa 1880 French marble pillar pedestal with gold gilt brass accents A very good looking and well made antique marble pillar...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely suite of four handmade Lighthouse statues in solid marble A good looking collection, one has a little bronze chap on, the other a ba...

We are is delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of vintage faux marble painted Corinthian Pillar pedestal stands A very well-made pair, they are vintage midcentury circa 19...

We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning, very large solid Italian Carrara Marble table lamp This lamp is very...

Provenance David J. Bikoff collection, Italy circa 1870 Made with different marbles.

This finely carved 19th-century alabaster sculpture is a nice example of Grand Tour artistry, depicting the Temple of Vespasian and Titus in Rome. The base is inscribed "TEMPIO DI VESPASIANO," and the entablature bears the partial inscription "ESTITVER," referencing the Latin word "restituerunt," meaning "they restored," from a 3rd-century inscription commemorating renovations by Emperors Septimius Severus and Caracalla. The Temple of Vespasian and Titus, located at the western end of the Roman Forum, was initiated by Emperor Titus in 79 AD to honor his deified father, Vespasian. After Titus's death in 81 AD, his brother Domitian completed the temple around 87 AD. Designed in the Corinthian order, the temple featured a hexastyle portico with six columns at the front and was constructed in a constrained space measuring approximately 33 meters in length and 22 meters in width. During the 19th century, as part of the Grand Tour tradition, affluent European and American travelers collected architectural souvenirs...

We offer you this splendid antique Italian marble column. A perfect column to become the fulcrum of your home decor. Characterized by a double-order structure on a high base with a ...

Italian Grand Tour Sienna Marble Desk Models, one of the Temple of Vespasian, the other of the Foro Romano, late 19th / early 20th cent. Note : Grand Tour travels to the sights of A...